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The conversation approach to political theory has its roots in Machiavelli. For him, to enter the conversation is to leave behind the mud-spotted world of daily life and to seek reprieve in the dream of a common language. Asks political theorists what it means to intervene in the male-constructed conversation as a feminist. Pocock's metaphor comparing conversation initiation to rape reveals unintended, unconscious meanings. (SJK)

Surrounded by the beauty of her native Mayo, eighteen-year-old Lily dreams of being a famous singer on the London stage ? but her parents have planned a more normal life for her, taking a degree in UCD. But leaving home also means leaving a passionate romance with a handsome, visiting American named Theo. Once in Dublin, secrets and betrayal abound when Lily's sister Moyra begins a relationship with Theo and Lily's Aunt Terry, a nun, appears to be harbouring a hidden past. As Moyra's relationship with Theo turns grim, she desperately needs her sister's support to keep tragedy at bay. But

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- 1. Seven Years Before -- Cayenne Castle -- 2. December Twenty-First -- Chapter One: Eileen -- Chapter Two: Claire -- Chapter Three: Murphy -- 3. December Twenty-Second -- Chapter Four: Eileen -- Chapter Five: Claire -- Chapter Six: Murphy -- 4. December Twenty-Third -- Chapter Seven: Eileen -- Chapter Eight: Claire -- Chapter Nine: Murphy -- 5. Four Years Before -- Cayenne Castle -- 6. December Twenty-Third -- Chapter Ten: Eileen -- Chapter Eleven: Claire -- Chapter Twelve: Murphy -- Chapter Thirteen: Eileen -- Chapter Fourteen: Claire -- Chapter Fifteen: Murphy -- Chapter Sixteen: Eileen -- Chapter Seventeen: Claire -- Chapter Eighteen: Murphy -- 7. Two Years Before -- Cayenne Castle -- 8. December Twenty-Third -- Chapter Nineteen: Eileen -- 9. December Twenty-Fourth -- Chapter Twenty: Claire -- Chapter Twenty-One: Murphy -- Chapter Twenty-Two: Eileen -- Chapter Twenty-Three: Claire -- Chapter Twenty-Four: Murphy -- Chapter Twenty-Five: Eileen -- Chapter Twenty-Six: Claire -- Chapter Twenty-Seven: Murphy -- 10. Four Days Before -- Cayenne Castle -- 11. December Twenty-Fifth -- Chapter Twenty-Eight: Eileen -- Chapter Twenty-Nine: Claire -- Chapter Thirty: Murphy -- Chapter Thirty-One: Eileen -- Chapter Thirty-Two: Claire -- 12. December Twenty-Sixth -- Chapter Thirty-Three: Murphy -- 13. Twenty-Eight Years Before -- The Trio's Tower -- 14. January Twenty-First -- Chapter Thirty-Four: Eileen -- Chapter Thirty-Five: Claire -- Chapter Thirty-Six: Murphy -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Copyright.

Sisters of Men by Dr. Shereen KhairallahBeirut: Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World, 1996280 pp.

The Insitute for Women Studies in the Arab World has recemly published The Sisters of Men. a new historical study of prominent Lebanese women. which was presented for public discussion on 23 October 1996.

Yvonne Welbon, an award-winning filmmaker and founder of the Chicago-based nonprofit Sisters in Cinema, interviews Alexis Pauline Gumbs, cofounder of the Black Feminist Film School, as part of a larger trans-media project on the history of queer Black lesbian media makers, SistersintheLife.com. Gumbs speaks about Black feminist practices of education and filmmaking, delving into the founding and inspiration of the Black Feminist Film School and its mission to "create the world anew." She explains her "community accountable practice" that is connected to traditions of Black intellectualism, her position as provost of a "tiny Black feminist university" that she calls Eternal Summer of the Black Feminist Mind, as well as how she and her collaborators have been inspired by QWOCMAP (Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project).